Women’s Track and Field Team Competes at Landmark Championships

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Juniata women's track and field team competed in the Landmark Championships this weekend.

Yanibel Collado (Freeport, NY/Forest Hills) was the top finisher for the Eagles, placing 2^nd in the 5000-meter race with her time of 18:11.90. Collado's time moved her into second place in the Juniata record book.

In the 3000-meter steeplechase, Azia Kalil (Methuen, Mass./Methuen HS) finished 5^th with her 12:01.70 time. Meaghen Stewart (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) followed just behind in 6^th place (12:26.79).

Claudia Sacks (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) placed 6^th in the 800-meter with a time of 2:22.94. Faith Nichols (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) ran a time of 1:02.46 in the 400-meter for an 8^th place finish.

The team of Stewart, Nichols, Sacks, and Julia Freimuth (York, Pa./Cedar Cliff) placed 4^th in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:13.50.

In javelin, Kylie Orndorf's (Milheim, Pa./Penns Valley) throw measured 38.11m, the 4^th best in Juniata's history. Suzy Badorf-England (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg High School) placed 7^th in the event (32.69m).

The team finished the meet in 6^th place.